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May 5, 2011

G31: Angels 11, Red Sox 0

Those three words were going to be my only comment on today's game, but I read that Lackey (4-10-8-3-1, 97) became only the second Boston pitcher in the past 90 years to allow 8+ earned runs twice in the team's first 31 games of a season. (Josh Beckett did it in the first 30 games of 2010 (April 25 and May 7).) Using a 31-game cut-off squeezes Lackey in there, so that is convenient; I may play around with the BRPI later tonight.

Pineiro, who missed the first month of the season with right shoulder stiffness, makes his second start of the year. He had a strong seven-inning outing (7-4-1-1-3, 83) in Tampa Bay on April 30. ... Lackey has a 1.35 ERA over his last three starts (20 innings).

Both Jacoby Ellsbury (13 games) and Adrian Gonzalez (11 games) extended their hitting streaks last night. ... Dustin Pedroia went 0-for-6 in last night's loss. Since April 22, he is 6-for-50 (.120, all singles), and his average has dropped from .333 to .241.

Last night's game lasted exactly five hours (plus the 2:35 rain delay). It was the Red Sox's longest game by time since August 7, 2009 (5:33; a 2-0 loss in 15 innings to the Yankees). It was the longest home game since September 10, 2008 (5:02; a 4-2 loss in 14 innings to Tampa Bay).

After seeing those most recent two 5hr+ games, I paused to wonder when was the last time they won a 5hr+ game and...next sentence the same question (but coupled with the actual research and results). Thanks!

It's not often I get home at 12:30 and still have the opportunity to hear a couple of hours of baseball.

At work MLB.tv pretends that I am in Missouri although I am in Virginia, the website recommends something called power cycling to fix this problem. I can't do this at work... and shouldn't be watching baseball games....